Liberty All-Star(R) Equity Fund June 2012 Monthly Update

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BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire -07/17/12)- Below is the June 2012 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Equity Fund. (USA)

 

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund                                  Monthly Update
Ticker: USA                                                          June 12

Monthly Performance
Performance                                    NAV   Market Price  Discount
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Beginning of month value                      $4.98      $4.41       11.4%
Distributions                                   -          -
End of month value                            $5.16      $4.51       12.6%
Performance for month                         3.61%      2.27%
Performance year-to-date                      6.60%     10.57%
Past performance cannot predict future results


Net Assets at Month-End ($millions)
Total                                       $942.8
Equities                                    $918.6
Percent Invested                            97.4%


Top 20 Holdings at Month-End
   (30.5% of equity portfolio)
   (Rank from previous month)
 1 Apple, Inc. (1)                                        3.9%
 2 JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2)                               2.3%
 3 QUALCOMM, Inc. (3)                                     2.1%
 4 Google, Inc., Class A (4)                              1.7%
 5 Wells Fargo & Co. (5)                                  1.6%
 6 ACE Ltd. (6)                                           1.6%
 7 State Street Corp. (9)                                 1.4%
 8 The Allstate Corp. (7)                                 1.4%
 9 SunTrust Banks, Inc. (10)                              1.4%
10 Schlumberger Ltd. (16)                                 1.3%
11 Staples, Inc. (11)                                     1.3%
12 Citigroup, Inc. (12)                                   1.3%
13 TE Connectivity Ltd. (13)                              1.2%
14 Dell, Inc. (14)                                        1.2%
15 Chesapeake Energy Corp. (20)                           1.2%
16 Cisco Systems, Inc. (17)                               1.2%
17 American Tower Corp., Class A (18)                     1.1%
18 Visa, Inc., Class A (19)                               1.1%
19 NVR, Inc. (23)                                         1.1%
20 Microsoft Corp. (15)                                   1.1%

   Holdings are subject to change.

Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio)*
    Information Technology                              24.0%
    Financials                                          21.2%
    Energy                                              14.2%
    Consumer Discretionary                              11.7%
    Health Care                                         8.6%
    Industrials                                         8.4%
    Consumer Staples                                    6.0%
    Materials                                           3.0%
    Telecommunication Services                          1.8%
    Utilities                                           1.1%
    Total Market Value                                 100.0%
*Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry
Classification Standard (GICS).


New Holdings                            Holdings Liquidated
  Baker Hughes, Inc.                     EQT Corp.
  Celgene Corp.                          General Dynamics Corp.
  Hologic, Inc.                          General Mills, Inc.
  Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.         Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
                                         J.C. Penney Co., Inc.
                                         Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
                                         Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
Contact:
Contact Information:
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
1-800-241-1850
www.all-starfunds.com

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